''Thermocrinis ruber'' is a species of bacteria. It is a pink-filament-forming
hyperthermophilic
A hyperthermophile is an organism that thrives in extremely hot environments—from 60 °C (140 °F) upwards. An optimal temperature for the existence of hyperthermophiles is often above 80 °C (176 °F). Hyperthermophiles are often within the doma ...
bacterium first isolated from
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
. Its cells are
gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...
and grow at temperatures up to 89 °C. Its type strain is OC 1/4
DSM 12173[Huber, Robert, et al. "Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a pink-filament-forming hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from Yellowstone National Park."Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64.10 (1998): 3576-3583.]
References
Further reading
*Ármannsson, Halldór. Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface : Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium On the Geochemistry of the Earth Surface, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16–20 August 1999. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1999.
*Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Thermocrinis ruber'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Aquificota
Bacteria described in 1999
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